CEEE supports K-12 educators, college instructors and out-of-school, informal educators in their teaching by providing free, high-quality peer-reviewed and classroom-ready lesson plans, activities, and other learning materials. CEEE offers both virtual and in-person professional development opportunities, including options for professional development and graduate credit.
Check out our free, high-quality lesson plans, professional learning, earth science videos and personal narratives (stories recorded by students and community members about environmental topics).
Browse our collection of lesson plans, curriculum, activities, virtual tours, Data Puzzles and much more.
Explore a collection of instructional and educational videos about various environmental and earth science topics.
Dive into stories about water, drought, climate topics and learn from the perspectives of community members and students.
Explore our collection of professional learning resources, trainings and webinar recordings.
Explore CEEE programs and projects supporting educators and connecting learners with environmental science topics, including climate change, frozen landscapes, water, natural hazards, community resilience, climate solutions and more.
A collection of ~1000 free, peer-reviewed climate and energy educational resources and support for educators.
Innovative lessons that combine classroom-friendly datasets with the research-backed instructional practices of Ambitious Science Teaching to support students in making sense of science phenomena.
Action-oriented curriculum that engages middle and high school students in Colorado to investigate wildfire, flood, or drought risk in their hometown and inspire action to increase resilience.
Education and outreach efforts around the international Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition to the Arctic.
Room-sized, global display system created by NOAA that uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto a six-foot diameter sphere, analogous to a giant animated globe.
This webinar series connects scientists from around the world to engage students and learners of all ages. Each webinar includes a 20 minute presentation followed by 20 minutes of Q&A. Explore our recommended learning materials on the event page or video recording.
Science-backed curriculum that engages high school students to take action in making their communities more resilient.
Place-based education program that connects local communities in the desert Southwest with water topics through stories, activities, and a traveling exhibit.
Calling all middle school science teachers to participate in a 2-part pilot webinar series focused on specific data sense-making practices. Engage with the Data Puzzles lesson Megadrought in the Colorado River Basin using the Zoom In strategy.
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Calling all middle and high school science teachers for a 2-day virtual workshop with CU Boulder curriculum developer, Alyse Thurber, on the Balancing Act Data Puzzles. Investigate the question "What factors have contributed to changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet in recent decades?"
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Inviting all middle school science teachers to participate in a pilot webinar focused on cohesively integrating Data Puzzle lessons into your curriculum. Dive into the big science ideas embedded in the Not All Warming is Equal Data Puzzles lesson and collaboratively make connections between the lesson and the Essential Principles of Climate Science.
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Explore an innovative model to help middle school students make sense of Earth and Environmental Science phenomena through data visualization! Attendees will participate in a program that uses arts-based approaches to support sensemaking and data skills and get access to classroom-ready resources.
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Join us for the We are Water National Science Foundation STEM Day Community Celebration in Durango, Colorado on Saturday, May 10th, 2025!
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Ongoing Event
Middle and High school science teachers are invited to join us for this virtual workshop where we will provide strategies for facilitating "Wind Farms of the Future" data puzzle. Participants who complete and submit specified workshop tasks will receive a 3-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ongoing Event
Middle and High school science teachers are invited to join us for this virtual workshop where we will provide strategies for facilitating "It's All Connected" data puzzle. Participants who complete and submit specified workshop tasks will receive a 3-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ongoing Event
Middle and High school science teachers are invited to join us for this virtual workshop where we will provide strategies for facilitating "To Reflect or Not to Reflect, That is the Question" data puzzle. Participants who complete and submit specified workshop tasks will receive a 3-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ongoing Event
Middle and High school science teachers are invited to join us for this virtual workshop where we will provide strategies for facilitating "On a Budget" data puzzle. Participants who complete and submit specified workshop tasks will receive a 3-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ongoing Event
Middle and High school science teachers are invited to join us for this virtual workshop where we will provide strategies for facilitating "Tracing Carbon Through the Arctic Food Web" data puzzle. Participants who complete and submit specified workshop tasks will receive a 3-hour PD certificate from the University of Colorado Boulder.
